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A proud unapologetic Black trans woman speaking truth to power and discussing the world around her since 2006

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Michelle Obama's DNC Speech

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Here's the next FLOTUS (First Lady of the United States) speech at the Democratic National Convention last night in Denver.
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Shirley Chisholm's 1972 Presidential Announcement

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In honor of the 88th anniversary of the day that women first gained the right to vote, here's some YouTube video of Shirley Chisholm (D-...
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Monday, August 25, 2008

Barack Needs A Pee Wee Reese To Step Up

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TransGriot Note: I posted this to The Bilerico Project and had to share with you TransGriot readers as well. The Democratic Convention...
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Shooter Of Trans Woman Convicted Of Voluntary Manslaughter

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TransGriot Note: Here we go again. Another murderer put on trial for killing a transwoman of color, another one who gets off. It's de...
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2008 Democratic Comvention

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I'd hoped to be sitting in Denver right now as part of the army of bloggers credentialed for the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver, b...
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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Passing the Torch To London

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We all wondered what the organizers of the Beijing Games would do after providing us with a breathtaking opening ceremony for the ages. We...
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Redeemed!

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It took eight years, but you can finally call Team USA's men's Olympic gold medallists. The 'Redeem Team' rolled over Spa...
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Poetic Posts

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TransGriot Note: I love creative writing, and from time to time I like writing short stories, novels and poetry. Some of them I've p...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Same Olympic Women's B-Ball Final- Same Result

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Since 1996 the Team USA women and the Australian Opals have had quite a basketball rivalry. They are the two best teams in the world. The...
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It's Joe Biden

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The question many peeps in the political world have been asking in the runup to the start of the Democratic National Convention in Denver Mo...
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Friday, August 22, 2008

Survey Finds VA Discriminates Against Transgender Veterans

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Trans Universe, TAVA founder Monica Helms' blog has the results of an interesting survey conducted by TAVA of 827 transgender veteran p...
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Payback

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During the 2002 FIBA World men's championship that was held right up the road from me in Indianapolis, Argentina shocked the world by be...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

What's Wrong With The USA Track Team?

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It's been a while since I've seen an Olympics (Munich 1972) in which a Team USA track squad has had this many gaffes, miscues, medal...
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TCBing

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Taking care of business. That's what the USA men's and women's basketball teams are doing so far in these games. Both finishe...
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Silly Rabbit

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TransGriot Note: Was motivated to write this poem after seeing a young male wearing this anti gay slogan on a t-shirt. An MKR Poem Saw ...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

'Creation Science' Gets Another Legal Smackdown

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As the child of an educator I abhor and despise ignorance no matter where it comes from. I have a special distaste for the Religious Reic...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Another Houston Landmark Goes Bye-Bye

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I talked about how I felt when what would have been Astroworld's 40th anniversary passed with it being razed to the ground and many Hou...
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Houston Councilwoman Jones Helps Rescue Driver From Fiery Crash

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TransGriot Note: I wrote a post about my fellow Cougar back in December 2007 when she won her at-large seat on City Council. Check out w...
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Monday, August 18, 2008

African-American Sibling Fencers Win Silver Medals

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The Williams sisters aren't the only African-American siblings who will be taking medals back home from Beijing. Meet Keeth and Erinn...
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APA Resolves To Play Leading Role In Improving Treatment For Gender-Variant People

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TransGriot Note: The transgender community will be closely monitoring the APA to ensure they follow through on what has been written in thi...
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Monica Roberts
Monica Roberts, AKA the TransGriot (Gree-oh) is a native Houstonian, GLAAD award winning blogger, writer, and award winning trans human rights advocate. She's the founding editor of TransGriot, and her writing has appeared at the Bilerico Project, Ebony.com, The Huffington Post and the Advocate. She works to foster understanding and acceptance of trans people inside and outside communities of color. Among her many honors are the Virginia Prince Transgender Pioneer Award, the Robert Coles Call of Service Award. the Barbara Jordan Breaking Barriers Award, and the 2020 Susan J Hyde Award for Longevity In The Movement
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